UA546United Airlines · EWR → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA546 New YorkEWR · 20:30 ChicagoORD · 22:18

UA546 by United Airlines flies from New York (EWR) to Chicago (ORD) for the Thu, Nov 5 departure.

Right nowOn Time · gate C71
20:30

departs EWR · on schedule

Typical gate push−3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−9 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~6 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-04
−3 gate · +0 arrival
11-03
−3 gate · −18 arrival
11-02
−7 gate · −24 arrival
11-01
+86 gate · +54 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
EWRNew YorkHigh riskEWR delay board →
ORDChicagoHigh riskORD delay board →
EWR→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.1%Chance of cancellation
+12 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by ORD (Chicago), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow at New York

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 22°C
Low15°Clikely 12°C to 18°C
  • 94% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Chicago

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High9°Clikely 8°C to 11°C
Low6°Clikely 3°C to 8°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other New York to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA530departs 06:00
UA2431departs 07:15
UA2754departs 07:17
UA2488departs 08:00
UA2290departs 09:10
UA1525departs 10:22

If UA546 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from New York to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in EWR local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How UA546 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA546 across the EWR and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~9 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA546 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
11-04EWR 20:30 20:27 (−3)ORD 22:18 (+0)
11-03EWR 20:30 20:27 (−3)ORD 22:18 22:00 (−18)
11-02EWR 20:30 20:23 (−7)ORD 22:18 21:54 (−24)
11-01EWR 20:30 21:56 (+86)ORD 22:18 23:12 (+54)

Board clocks recorded as EWR and ORD published them.

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